(ANSA) - MILAN, NOVEMBER 30 - Fear of the Omicron variant returns to be felt, sinking the Asian stock exchanges and the future European lists and on Wall Street.
Tokyo closed down by 1.6% and Seoul by 2.4%, Hong Kong, still open, fell by 1.9%, while Shanghai and Shenzhen were not very active.
The future on Wall Street is also down, with the Dow Jones losing 1% and that on Europe, with Frankfurt losing 1.2%, London 1%, Paris 1.5%, Milan and Madrid 1.6%.
To bring down the stock exchanges were the words of the CEO of Modern, Stéphane Bancel, who, to the Financial Times, said he expects a "substantial decline" in the effectiveness of the current vaccines while it will take months to have a production of new effective vaccines.
Fears about the impact of the new variant on the economy are also felt on oil, with the wti eprde 2.3% at 68.3 dollars a barrel and the brent incalo of 2.7% at 71.49 dollars.
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